On my way around the web, trying to think of an intriguing topic to write about, I came across a piano playing jazz composer from Japan. Her name is Hiromi Uehara and she can fly on the keys. I watch a few different concerts of her trio on YouTube and came across one with a [...]
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Remembering IAJE
It has been a year now since I traveled up to Toronto to go to the 35th Annual International Association of Jazz Education (IAJE) conference. This conference was jam packed with jazz legends and clinics for every instrument and jazz musical style. By jazz musical style I mean: jazz, blues, funk, swing, bebop, dixieland and [...]
Piano’s Underground
Piano playing has always been a favorite of mine. But I’m not very good at actually playing it, so I like to listen instead. Classical piano has always been the forefront of music on the keys, but my favorite kind of playing is when classical forms are transitioned to the music I listen to. More [...]